Non-refillable bottle.



No. 7|0,9|7. Patented Oct. 7, |902.

J. B. LATHAM.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

(Application led Orct. 30, 1901.)

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Patented Oct. 7, |902.

J. R. LATHAM.

l0N.-HEFILLABLE BOTTLE.

(Appumm mad M so, 1901.)

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miran STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES R. LATHAM, OF NEV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ROBERT MILBANK, OF NEWv YORK, N. Y.

NONREFlLL/BLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATON forming part of Letters Patent No. 710,917', dated October 7, 1902.

Application filed October 30, 1901. Serial No. 80,480. (No model.)

fo all whom, t 771,602/ concern:

Beit known that I, JAMES R. LATHAM, a citizen of the United States, and a resident ofthe borough of Manhattan, in the city and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Non-Reillable Bottle, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to non-refillable bottles, and has for its object to provide improved means for automatically locking the valve thereof closed whenever the bottle is in a position to receive liquid therein.

A further Objectis to provide a device of the above character in which a ball is used to hold the valve closed except when the bottle is inverted and a device is used for engaging the ball for locking the valve closed except when the bottle is in its inverted position.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical central section showing the position of the parts when the valve is closed. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the position of the parts when the bottle has been inverted or tilted into the pouring position. Fig. 3 is avertical central section showing a modified form of device for locking the valve closed, the parts being in the position which they assume when the bottle is in any other than a pouring position. Fig. +L is a similar view showing the position of the parts when the valve is opened and the bottle is inverted into pouring position, and Fig, 5 is a transverse section taken in the planeof the line A A of Fig. 3.

The neck of the bottle is herein shown as formed in two parts, the upper part or section being denoted by 1 and the lower section by 2, which lower section may be integral with Ythe body 3 of the bottle itself. These two sections 1 and 2 may be permanently secured together in any well-known and approved manner after the parts to be hereinafter described have been inserted in the neck of the bottle. In the lower section 2 there is xed intermediate the neck-space and the interior of the body of the bottle a cork 4, within which there is set a tube 5, having a flange 6, overlapping the top of the cork e.

The cork-valve 7 is preferably of disk form, as shown, and it is intended to rest with its face pressing against the top of the tube 5 to effect a closure thereof. This cork 7 is of sufficient sizectoiioat the valve to its seat whenever the bottle shall be tilted to a position with its mouth below the horizontal plane, and water is forced into it in that position.

The 'disk-valve7 is provided with a backing consisting of a thin strip or plate of metal S, fastenedeto the cork, `the opposite ends of the said plate orstrip having a loose sliding engagement with the upright portions of a bail 9, the opposite ends of which are fixed in the flange 6 of thetube 5. This bail 9 serves as a support for the gravity-closing device, which is constructed and arranged as follows: A pintle-pin l0 is mounted to rotate in elongated bearings in the crown of the bail and supports a weighted gravity incline 11, the weight 12 of which is so arranged that the incline will be directed from a point above the center of the valve 7 obliquely toward the same except when the bottle is inverted into its pouring position. This tubular incline 11 has a ball 13 therein arranged to freely roll along within the same, which ball will at all times rest against and hold the valve 7 closed except when the bottle is inverted.

In the form shown in Figs. l and 2 the device which I employ for locking the ball against the valve when the valve is in its closed position is constructed and arranged as follows: A rocking lever le is hinged intermediate its ends to a suitable lug 15 on the exterior of the incline and projects into the interior thereof, where it engages the ball 13. The exterior end of the lever 14 is provided with a swinging locking tailpiece or dog 1G, which is of sufcient weight to swing'into engagement with a stop or abutment 17 on the exterior of the incline when the bottle is in any other than an inverted position. When the said dog 16 is engaged with the abutment or stop 17, the lever 14 is locked in its position in engagement with the ball,lockingthe ball in its position against the closed valve 7. Vhen the bottle is inverted, the dog 16 will swing away from its engagement with the abutment 17, thus permitting the lever 14 to swing outwardly and permitting the ball 13 IOO to roll along the incline and release the valve 7, thus permitting it to open.

In the form shown in Figs. 3, 4, 5 the ball is locked in its position, holding the valve closed Whenever the bottle is in any other than an inverted position by means of a sliding block 18, which is fitted to slide in a tube 19 at right angles to the tubular portion of the incline 11, within which the ball is located. A cap 2O is removably secured to the outer end of the tubular portion 19 of the incline, which cap is sufficiently heavy to keep the incline at all times in position to direct the ball 13 against the valve '7 except when the bottle is inverted. When the bottle is inverted, the block 18 Will slide along Within the tubular portion 19 a sufficient distance to permit the ball l1 to roll toward the mouth of the bottle away from the valve, thus releasing the valve and permitting it to open from for the purpose of pouring ont the liquid within the bottle.

To prevent tampering with the locking device, I provide a suitable perforated guardplate 21, located between the said locking device and the mouth of the bottle,which guardplate in the present instance is shown as being secured between the meeting edges of the inner and outer sections ofthe neck ofthe bottle.

I/Vhat I claim is- 1. The combination with the neck of a bottle provided with a passage-way for opening videl? commiication between the interior of the neck and tlte interior of the body of the bottle, of a valve for closing said passage-way, a ball for holding the valve closed, a gravitycontrolled incline for directing the ball into its position for holding the valve closed when the bottle is in other than an inverted position and means for automatically engaging the ball for locking the valve in its closed position, substantially as set forth.

2. rEhe combination with the neck of a bottle provided with a passage-way for opening communication between the interior of the neck and the interior of the body of the bottle, of a valve for closing said passage-Way, a gravity-controlled incline, a ball therein arranged to hold the valve closed and means for automatically locking the valve in its closed position comprising a rocking lever engaging the ball and a gravity-controlled tailpiece or dog arranged to engage the incline when the bottle is in certain positions for locking the lever and thereby the ball and valve against movement, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as I my invention I have signed my name, in presence of two witnesses, this 29th day of October, 1901.

JAMES R. LATHAM. Witnesses:

FREDK. HAYNEs, HENRY THIEME. 

